What do chiming bells, Celtic music, and a cartoon about a talking dog and a group of meddling kids have in common? You probably wouldn’t say math, but Maisy Hoffman ’25 (she/her) would disagree.

Have you ever seen a beautiful blue hydrangea on the side of the road and wondered if you could make an ink of that exact color? Well, you can try– but according to Avery Maltz ’25 (he/him), that beautiful blue might turn out as a shade of green or yellow. 

Q: It’s almost summer and I feel like a failure… I haven’t heard from any of the internships I applied to, REUs and SURF were too competitive, and I have no idea what I should do this summer. What have I missed? How can I gain meaningful work experiences outside of these traditional opportunities?

“The big takeaway is, I run a lab with full-time employees, and I do that by having federal grants. So I’m worried.”